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ACADEMIA
Presenting a collection of film and media-based, academic essays written by Gabriel Rhenals during his high school and college career; while he was a student at Miami Killian Senior High (2002-2004), a philosophy major at Florida International University (2004-2005), a film student at University of Central Florida (2005-2009), a Communication Arts major having returned to FIU to conclude his undergraduate studies (2014-2016) and a prospective Harvard University/University of Washington graduate student (2022):
HU/UW, Fall 2022/ "Tail in the Mud": Mobile and Independent Filmmaking
FIU, Spring 2016/ On Siembra and War/Dance
FIU, Fall 2015/ Victor/Victoria: Gender-Based Nonverbal Cues
FIU, Summer 2015/ The Function of Rhetoric in The Trial
UCF, Spring 2009/ Gunning & Me
UCF, Fall 2007/ Perez and In the Mood for Love
UCF, Fall 2007/ On Raging Bull
UCF, Fall 2007/ On The Smell of Burning Ants
UCF, Fall 2007/ On The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal
UCF, Spring 2006/ German Expressionism in The Machinist
UCF, Spring 2006/ Story Project: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
UCF, Spring 2006/ The Passion of Martin: The Objective and Subjective Camera
UCF, Spring 2006/ Elephant: Dramatic Structure and Artistic Elements
UCF, Spring 2006/ Schmetterlinge and Fatal Attraction: A Look at Set-Ups
UCF, Spring 2006/ Bound: Structure and Other Elements
UCF, Spring 2006/ The Terminator: Obligatory Scene, Labyrinth and Cosmic Connections
UCF, Spring 2006/ Psycho: Inciting Incident and Major Plot Points
UCF, Fall 2005/ Vanizetti the Powerless
UCF, Fall 2005/ On The Party Guest
UCF, Fall 2005/ Personal Statements
FIU, Spring 2005/ The Trial: A Film Analysis
FIU, Fall 2004/ Viewing Cues: A.I. Artificial Intelligence
FIU, Fall 2004/ Viewing Cues: I, Robot
FIU, Fall 2004/ Viewing Cues: The Last Samurai
FIU, Fall 2004/ Viewing Cues: Raising Arizona
Killian, 2004/ The Plight of the Modern Auteur
Killian, 2004/ Notable Figures in the 1920s: D.W. Griffith
Killian, 2003/ A Personal Collage Essay
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